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On January 2, we blogged about the Senate requiring the renominations of State Department nominees stalled in 2017 (see Senate Requires the Renomination of @StateDept Nominees Stalled in 2017). On January 8, the White House sent the following State Department nominations back to the Senate:
AMBASSADORS
James Randolph Evans, of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Luxembourg.
Richard Grenell, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Doug Manchester, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Kathleen Troia McFarland, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore.
STATE DEPARTMENT
Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management), vice Patrick Francis Kennedy.
Stephen Akard, of Indiana, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Arnold A. Chacon, resigned.
Samuel Dale Brownback, of Kansas, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, vice David Nathan Saperstein.
Susan A. Thornton, of Maine, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), vice Daniel R. Russel.
Yleem D. S. Poblete, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance), vice Frank A. Rose.
It looks like everyone caught in limbo in the Senate in 2017 have been renominated except for one. We have not been able to locate the renomination of Jay Patrick Murray who was nominated Alternate Representative for UNGA. Unless that renomination shows up at a later time … that nomination is probably dead.
2018-01-03 PN410 Department of State | Jay Patrick Murray, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations. Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
2018-01-03 PN409 Department of State | Jay Patrick Murray, of Virginia, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador. Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
White House renominates K.T. McFarland for Singapore ambassadorshiphttps://t.co/vm9B07oqRJ pic.twitter.com/yZkNYYLGkC
— POLITICO (@politico) January 9, 2018
Chris Murphy is holding up Richard Grenell's nomination to be ambassador to Germany over concerns about "his history of his insulting and derogatory remarks about women."https://t.co/ru9v3RcqBR
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 8, 2017
Things have gotten a little awkward in Topeka. Six months ago, Gov. Sam Brownback said he was leaving for a new job in Washington. The 2018 legislative session opened in Kansas today, and he's still governor. https://t.co/JhNQMEQV9V
— Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) January 9, 2018
Jay Patrick Murray, UN ambassador pick also defended Milo after his Twitter ban.https://t.co/gex9VjyobK pic.twitter.com/yYzIDV9KSG
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) December 4, 2017
ADL Urges Senate to Oppose Confirmation of Jay Patrick Murray as U.N. Diplomat Based on his Record of Anti-Muslim Hate https://t.co/bsAdKIgJTd #islamophobia #unitednations #statedepartment
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) December 20, 2017
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